Hundreds of people were arrested and dozens of sexually exploited children and adult victims were rescued across California during a statewide operation to combat human trafficking, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.

More than 30 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and task forces, including the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, participated in the third annual “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild” enforcement operation, according to a sheriff’s news release.

The statewide operation took place over the three-day period between last Thursday and Saturday.

In total, 474 arrests were made, including 142 males on solicitation charges, and 36 males on suspicion of pimping, according to figures provided by the Sheriff’s Department.

Additionally, 28 commercially and sexually exploited children and 27 adult victims were rescued.

“You are worthy of more. And we will work tirelessly with our partners … to provide you services and help you rebuild your life,” Sheriff Jim McDonnell said, addressing the victims during a news conference on Tuesday.

The minors who were recovered during the operation were being cared for by various children and family services agencies across the state, according to sheriff’s officials. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking and the Saving Innocence organization were coordinating efforts to help victims in L.A. County.

“Operation Reclaim and Rebuild focused on rescuing victims of sexual slavery and human trafficking, providing victims with much-needed services, identifying and arresting their captors, seeking successful prosecutions, and disrupting the demand for vulnerable victims by targeting their customers,” the release stated.

“Police agencies and other trafficking task forces throughout our state joined in the enforcement operation to send the clear message that California law enforcement shares a unified mandate: Human trafficking must not be tolerated in our state!”

Correction: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect surname for the L.A. County sheriff. The story has been updated.

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This is happening all over America. Thank you, President Trump. Finally these sickos are being held accountable for their crimes against humanity!

Cnn, why are you not talking about this incessantly, like you do foolish stories that divide people? Oh right, you guys dont cover real stories! You propagandize the public and fan racism and thinks its cute. Americans see you, and they are not impressed!

The good news is President Trump genuinely cares about children and promised to drain the swamp of pedophiles and end the sex slavery and human trafficking epidemic in America. This could explain why many high-level politicians, government officials and media hate Trump: They fear going to jail for abusing children and other crimes.

An Open Secret” was already available for free through Sunday Oct 22 to celebrate the courage of victims exposing Harvey Weinstein publicly, but in light of all the other courageous survivors of child sexual abuse in Hollywood coming forward since then, they’ve extended this through October 31st!

Operation Cross Country, the FBI’s annual law enforcement action focused on recovering underage victims of prostitution and drawing the public’s attention to the problem of sex trafficking at home and abroad, has concluded with the recovery of 84 sexually exploited juveniles and the arrests of 120 traffickers.

Now in its 11th iteration, Operation Cross Country has expanded beyond the United States, with Canada, the United Kingdom, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Thailand undertaking similar operations. Their efforts were coordinated with the FBI and its local, state, and federal law enforcement partners—along with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)—during the four-day law enforcement action that ended October 15

Story HighlightsNationally, 120 people were arrested in Operation Cross Country, the FBI said.Four children were recovered in Georgia and 84 in the U.S.

Sixty people were arrested and four children were recovered in Georgia during an FBI-led operation that focused on child sex trafficking, the agency announced Wednesday morning.Nationally, 120 suspected traffickers were arrested and 84 minors were recovered in the 11th run of Operation Cross Country from Thursday through Sunday, the FBI said in a news release.

“We at the FBI have no greater mission than to protect our nation’s children from harm. Unfortunately, the number of traffickers arrested — and the number of children recovered — reinforces why we need to continue to do this important work,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in the release....FBI agents and task force officers staged operations on websites and street corners as well as in truck stops, hotels and casinos, according to the release.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/18/bay-area-pimps-arrested-in-underage-human-trafficking-sting/Bay Area pimps arrested in underage human-trafficking stingAuthorities recovered two victims, including a 17-year-old, during Operation Cross Country XI...In addition to arresting or citing four pimps and recovering two victims, authorities in the Bay Area also contacted, arrested or cited 27 women for prostitution; arrested or cited 12 male johns; and arrested five men for solicitation of a minor, according to the FBI....

In Denver, a 3-month-old girl and her 5-year-old sister were recovered after a friend who was staying with the family made a deal with an undercover officer to sell both children for sex in exchange for $600, according to the FBI....

The operation is part of the FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative, which began in 2003 and has resulted in the identification and recovery of more than 6,500 children and the prosecution of traffickers, more than 30 of whom have received life sentences.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. (WIBW) -- The FBI's Kansas City Division says its agents helped save three teens and arrested 10 people during a four-day human trafficking sting conducted in 10 cities in Kansas and Missouri, including Topeka and Junction City.

On Wednesday, the agency announced the results of the combined operation by its Child Exploitation Task Force, which ran from October 12-15. It said three minors, ages 16-17, were recovered. Neither the teens nor the 10 people arrested were identified....[/quote

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